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A God of Surprises

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

On the last Sunday of October, every year, we celebrate the anniversary of the Reformation. The anniversary remembers October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. At the time, Luther posted…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a good week.

I know everyone is getting ready for Halloween, but I am looking forward to Monday, October 31, 2016, for a very different reason. Aside from Halloween, October 31st is also the day that the church celebrates the Reformation. The anniversary remembers October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five…

Justified by Grace

Today is a special day because, today our four confirmands who will be affirming their baptismal vows next week will be sharing with us their Statements of Faith.

Thomas Delzeit Statement of Faith

“My journey with Christ started twenty months ago in February 2015. The Boy Scout Troop at Salem was having it’s annual ‘scout Sunday’ in which…

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Salem Family,

A quote I heard when studying St. Francis of Assisi in Italy my Junior year of college has been on my mind lately. “The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.”

I have been reflecting on what church means to me and why I come to church. I feel refreshed after Sunday morning, I feel like I’ve been challenged and I feel like I’ve been pushed…

Be Persistent

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

Misty Copeland was born in September 1982 right here in the Kansas City area. As a young African American girl, her parents moved to California where they struggled to make ends meet. There was a time that Misty, her parents and four siblings all lived in a…

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Hey Salem Community-

Our confirmation program began in September and there are twenty-one awesome middle school students and four incredible adult leaders participating in the program. There is great energy and excitement as well as some nervousness among the students as they get to know each other and feel connected within the group. We have established some rules and boundaries…

Give Thanks

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

Jill and I love taking care of our grandkids. We are always encouraging our son and daughter-in-law to go out so we can take care of the kids. It is so much fun to spoil them and then send them home! But you know, it seems like every time we are with our…

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Dear Salem family,

While Pastor Dave was on sabbatical last summer, the staff wrote letters that were mailed out weekly. I was honored to be a part of this ministry, and as I prepared to write this week’s letter, I stumbled on the first one I wrote in June, 2015. We happened to be focusing on the same story we read last Sunday, the parable of the mustard seed. I love how a year later,…

We Have All We Need

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

The journey had been long and the teachings Jesus has been offering were hard. Over the past several weeks as they had been traveling around, Jesus had talked with his followers about the cost of being a disciple. That is, to be a disciple, one must be willing…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a good week.

Did you watch any of the Olympics back in August? You know, every time the Olympics come around, both the winter and summer Olympics, I initially think, “Oh, I’m not going to spend much time watching those.” But then the games begin, and it seems like once I start, I can’t stop watching them, and then…

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